Minnesota Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. Newman

SPEER, Justice.

Plaintiff Mrs. Wood Newman instituted this suit against defendant The Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance Company on a group life insurance policy in favor of Southern Pine Lumber Company, by the terms of which it was alleged that the life of plaintiff’s husband was insured to the extent of $1,000. Parties will be referred to as they were in the trial court and Southern Pine Lumber Company will be called employer.

The policy contract was issued in 1933 and was effective when plaintiff’s husband, Wood Newman, died in January, 1937.

Plaintiff pleaded the policy as a basis for her suit,…